Preparation of aerated beverages



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,111

0. A. ELIAS PREPARATION OF AERATED BEVERAGES Filed March 20 1923 Z M W Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES OWEN AUBREY ELIAS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

PREPARATION OF AERATED BEVERAGES.

Application filed March 20, 1923.

To all um 1.0m, it may concern:

lie it known that I, Ownn Aunnny Eur-As, a subject of the King of lilngland residing at New Cross, in the city of London, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Preparation of Aerated Beverages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a treatment of liquids with cases and more especially with 'arious inert or rare gases in such a manner as will ensure the absorption and retention of the gas or cases to an equivalent degree and sometimes even to a higher degree than is found in the natural waters or mineral springs.

According to my invention, I introduce in a suitable liquid an inert gas or gases of the argon series singly or in coml: ina.tion, by pressure, injection or displacement, proportionate to or in excess of the quantity or quantities contained in a natural mineral spring. For this purpose I provide a closed vessel fitted with an ordinary agitating or mixing device such as is used for carbonatina' water, and containing the liquid to be treated.

During the churning operation 1 introduce a mixture or the inert gas or gases gradually under pressure with CO from the container.

For the aforesaid purpose, i may use helium or gases of the argon series which, under ordinary conditions are sparingly soluble. but will be absorbed by the liquid to a greater degree when thoroughly mixed, agitated or churned under pressure with the liuuid in a closed vessel in the presence of CO... The pressure and CO thus serve to aid the better absorption and concentration or" the gas or gases during the churning 0peration and retain them for a reasonably long period, whilst the argon group of gases in crease the therapeutic value oi. aerated liquids which comprise in a general way mineral or aerated waters, cordials, and similar beverages.

In modern aerating machines the mixing or churning process is replaced by a saturating: process often called reduced pressure principle and this is equally suitable for use with my invention.

The accompanying drawing illustrates, by way of example, a suitable device for promoting an eitective admixture of the said Serial No. 626,436.

rare gas or gases with G0,, which admixture is most diiiicult to obtain by ordinary irezrus and unless very intimately mixed the helium and carbonic acid will separate.

For my purpose, according to repeated erq eriments, I may adopt a spraying and mining tube, which consists in a small and preferably taperended pipe it for the rare gas. The tube A held tight in a disc B oi a surrounding tube (3 having a side supply the l) tor the carbon dioxide. The .e from the pipe A of the rare gas, or p is located at about the place where the carbon dioxide is adi'nitted and is so arranger as to lead to the atomizing or dit- :tusion oi the in the tube C. Thus C constitutes a practicaldiitusion chamber which may, or not, have a. restricted neck portion C Fixed in the neck {1 or in the end of the tube C is a tube ll containing; a l having a cmuparative wide inlet o (i; with r ed edges, 0: it may be d passage leading); into channels ii the issueportions of which are curved towards each other. that is to say towards the centre of the nozzle. Strean'ilets of gases from the dili'usiou chamber are thus directed towards each other so as to produce whirls. which induce the gases to mix intimately before p \lllii' to a gas-holder, hell or other roceptacle tor injection into the mineral water or other liquid for human use which injection i'i'iay be el'lected in any well kn wn manner.

I claim:

1, An aerated liquid having: stable therapeutic proper prepared by intimately mixing: helium with carbonic acid, and in troduciug same into the liquid in known manner.

The treatment of liquids with helium Hf! iiroduciny; same with carbonic acid into a diti'using' chamber" through an intimately adm ing device and thence into agas holder wheuc the gases are extracted and introduced into the liquid in lmown manner.

3. (he treatment of liquids with helium by introducing same with carbonic acid and other inert gases into a diti'using chamber, through a spraying and mixing tube and thence into a gas holder whence the gases are extracted and introduced into the liquid in l nown manner.

OTV'EN AUBREY ELIAS. 

